Clinical Team Manager

• Ensure that interventions meet local and national standards and are based on an individualised approach to care, aimed at maximizing an individuals potential and are based on effective engagement principles.
• To ensure the maintenance of a safe environment for service users, staff and visitors.
• To ensure the effective communication and liaison with other agencies.
• To meet all the above standards within own professional practice.

• To ensure management of agreed targets.
• To ensure effective monitoring systems are in place for performance management.
• To effectively manage the allocated budget.
• To ensure effective systems are in place to monitor and review stock requirements.
• To positively manage sickness absence
• To proactively manage recruitment and retention of staff.
• To ensure appropriate skill mix of staff advising managers of changing needs.
• To make decisions affecting clients/carers, staff and visitors within the service ensuring effective communication with relevant others.
• To ensure effective systems are in place to manage annual leave/study.
• To ensure effective systems are in place to ensure data collection, evaluation, performance indicators.

• Ensure the assessment and identification of risk and the necessary risk reduction/management measures.
• Provide effective planning and evaluation of cases
• Ensure that comprehensive assessment/treatment/interventions are carried out for all assigned service users and carers.
• Provide expertise in the field of knowledge appropriate to the service and be able to communicate highly sensitive information to service users and carers offering empathy and reassurance.

• Ensure risk issues for each service user are addressed through regular evaluation
• Contribute personal and professional skills, to ensure the development and the delivery of the therapeutic group work/interventions

• To lead in the production of an active learning environment in order to maintain and develop high standards of professional and clinical practice. Promoting opportunities for self, colleagues and junior staff to access available education/training.
• To lead and participate in appraisal and clinical supervision with junior staff and ensure that this is disseminated and monitored.
• To ensure the collection and performance review of evidence/competency.
• To participate in appraisals mechanisms and supervision and receive regular clinical supervision.
• To participate in the ongoing development of the Directorate.

• To take the lead on the development and implementation of clinical audit, unit standards, operational policies and clinical guidelines for the team.
• To lead and participate in the identification and application of sound research-based evidence to practice.

• To promote a culture of safety, openness and continuous improvement.
• To ensure safeguarding responsibilities are effectively discharged and that concerns are recognised, escalated and managed in accordance with Trust policy.
• To contribute to the monitoring of clinical quality indicators, medicines management, infection prevention and control, and patient safety arrangements.

• To work flexibly to Service requirements within contracted hours.
• To work to Professional Codes of Conduct and Trust/Care Directorate Policies and Procedures and ensure all junior staff comply with these standards.
• To ensure the maintenance of a safe environment in accordance with Health & Safety legislation.
• To ensure the appropriate delegation of key tasks to junior staff.
• Be personally responsible for maintaining professional registration with the NMC. Failure to produce evidence of periodic registration on time may lead to regrading/dismissal
• To ensure that a record is kept of professional nursing registration details of all registered nurses in the clinical area.
• The post holder may be required to undertake duties not specified in the job description, but which are commensurate with the role and/or band as required by service need.
• The post holder may be required to work in different locations as required by service need.
• There may be a requirement to change the job description in light of developing service needs.

Desirable

• Relevant post graduate qualification
• Management degree or equivalent
• Diploma in Leadership and Management for Health & Social Care Level 5 or equivalent ( or willing to work towards)

Essential

• Experience and evidence of working with older people with mental health problems
• Demonstrable experience of ability to undertake the role
• Experience of Service Development & Team Governance
• Experience in working in partnership with others.
• Experience in working within MDT/multi professional
• Experience of working directly with people with Organic illnesses and their carers
• Knowledge & understanding of mental health issues specifically dementia

Desirable

• Experience of managing a multi disciplinary staff team
• Participation in a Manager Development Programme
• Implementation of change management
• Conducting staff disciplinary
• Experience and evident application of budgetary management
• Management of staff through capability
• Experience of co-ordination of support service provision i.e. catering, cleansing, laundry

Essential

• Self Awareness
• Risk Management
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of and developing skills in implementing and evaluating Policies, Protocols and Procedures
• Maintain and develop an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security
• Ability to act as an education resource
• Ability to prioritise own workload and designated others
• Flexibility required to meet service needs
• Commitment to the needs of client and staff group
• High levels of motivation
• Desire to further ones personal development
• Commitment to continual service and self improvement